Mopped vs Scrubbed - What's the difference?
mopped | scrubbed |
(mop)
An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
(humorous) A dense head of hair.
(British, dialect) A fair where servants are hired.
(British, dialect) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
A made-up face; a grimace.
* (rfdate) (Francis Beaumont) and
* 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
To make a wry expression with the mouth.
(scrub)
(surgery, not comparable) With hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown and sterile gloves.
Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.
As verbs the difference between mopped and scrubbed
is that mopped is (mop) while scrubbed is (scrub).As an adjective scrubbed is
(surgery|not comparable) with hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown and sterile gloves.mopped
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Verb
(head)mop
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Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia mop)- He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.
- (Halliwell)
- What mops and mowes it makes! --
- Before you can say 'Come' and 'Go,'
- And breathe twice; and cry 'so, so,'
- Each one, tripping on his toe,
- Will be here with mop and mow.
Derived terms
* mophead * mop squeezer * mop waterDescendants
* German: (l)Verb
(mopp)- to mop (or scrub) a floor
- to mop one's face with a handkerchief
- (Shakespeare)